Die for making harness saddle-trees



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W. H. BUSTIN.

DIE FOR MAKING HARNESS SADDLE TREES.

No. 358,801. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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DIE FOR MAKING HARNESS SADDLE TREES. No; 358,801.

Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. BUSTIN, OF VVATERTOl/VN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DIE FOR MAKING HARNESS SADDLE-TREES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,801, dated March 1,1887,

Application filed June 6, 1885. Serial No.107,908. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BUSTIN, of WVatertown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements-in Dies forthe Manufacture of HarnessSaddle-Trees,of which the following is a specification.

The nature and objects of my invention are to provide suitable dieswhereby harness saddle-trees may be struck up or pressed into shape fromsheet metal, as hereinafter more fully described and set forth; and itconsists in the construction of corresponding male and female dies,whereby the saddle-tree may be pressed and formed from sheet metal, inone or morepieces, as hereinafter specified, and particularly set forthin the claim.

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional elevation of a pair of diesrepresenting a portion of my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sheet-metalblank formed ready to be acted upon by the dies. Fig. 3 represents aplan view of the saddle-piece disconnected. Fig. 4 represents aperspective view of a harness saddle-tree constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower die. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the upper die. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional View ofboth dies. Fig. 8 is also a crosssectional view of both dies, and Fig. 9is a longitudinal central sectional View ofa saddle-tree produced by thesaid dies.

A represents the lower die having a rectangular cavity or depression, B,in the upward incline or angle face thereof near each end, and aprojection or elevated portion, 0, upon each of the said incline faces,extending from near the said cavity B inwardly or centrally toward thecurved apex D thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

E represents the sheet-metal blank having the rectangular holes G formednear each end, or at a point which will come between the meetingshoulders of the raised portions of the respective dies, to receive thestraps, as usual, and near which are formed the circular holes toreceive the terrets, when finished in the manner heretofore known; andthe circular and square holes at the center of the said blank E areprovided to receive the shank of the check or water hook and to securethe saddle I, as

shown in Fig. 4.. The blank E, being thus formed, may be placed in theproper position upon the lower die, A, and then the upper die, H, thelower face of which corresponds with the upward face of the said lowerdie, A, is brought to bear upon the said blank E with sufficientforce topress the same into the de sired form shown in Figs. 4 and 9.

The saddle P is cut out. of sheet metal by dies and pressed into thedesired form and adapted to fit upon the apex of the tree por' tion E,as shown, and may be secured in position thereon by means of bolts,screws, rivets, or in any suitable manner, so as to permit thesaddle-tree to be covered with leather in the usual manner or finishedas desired, the webs or edge portions ofthe tree portion being providedwith a series of small holes, so as to fa cilitate the covering of thesame and the finish ing of the saddle-tree in the same manner asheretofore employed,wherein the common castmetal saddle-tree foundationsare used.

By means of my invention a very light saddle-tree may be produced at areduction in cost as compared with those heretofore made and now ingeneral use.

By reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the draw ings it will be seen that theraised portions occupy about one-half of the inclined sides of the dies,and start, respectively, from the base of the apex of the lower die andthe lower ends of the upper die, so that the projection of one die willenter the depression of the other, and the adjacent ends of the saidelevated portions will approximately engage, the outer portions of theinclined sides being plain and of the same angular inclinationthroughout. Thus it will be seen that when a blank strip of metal, suchas shown in Fig. 2, is placed upon the lower die and the upper onebrought forcibly down thereon the longitudinal central portion will bebent about midway of its length or at the apex ofthe lower die, and alsobent in each wing about midway the length thereof, so as to formopposite depressions and projections, as more fully shown in Fig. 9 ofthe drawings, leaving longitudinal plain margins as a c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A die having itssides inclined in opposite ICO directions, a projection arrangedcentrally in a die having a conformable engaging-face, subthe said sidesand extendifng tic or beyond} Ellie stantially as specified. middle,lengthwise thereo a epressiono e same width as the projection extendingfrom WILLIAM 5 the end of the latter to the end of the said Witnesses:

sides, and a plain longitudinal margin of the SYLVENUS WALKER, sameangular inclination, in combination with CHAS. S. GOODING.

